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SENATE BILL NO. 938 Offered January 11, 2023 Prefiled January 6, 2023 A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1016 of the Code of Virginia, relating to lights on other vehicles; reflectors; animal-drawn vehicles. ---------- Patron-- Ruff ---------- Referred to Committee on Transportation ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.2-1016 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.2-1016. Lights on other vehicles; reflectors.

A. All vehicles or other mobile equipment not otherwise in this article required to be equipped with specified lights shall carry at least one or more white lights to the front and a red light to the rear visible in clear weather from a distance of not less than 500 feet to the front and rear of such vehicles.

B. Animal-drawn vehicles operating on highways may, in lieu of the front and rear lights required in subsection A, carry battery-powered red lights to the rear visible in clear weather from a distance of not less than 500 feet to the rear of such vehicles.

C. In lieu of or in addition to the lights required in subsection A or permitted in subsection B, a reflector of a type, size, and color approved by the Superintendent may be permanently affixed to the rear and front of such any vehicle described in this section.